With his unmistakable version of contemporary Surrealism, Marcel Dzama is one of the most successful contemporary Canadian artists.
Born in Winnipeg in 1974, Dzama had an international reputation by the time he was 30. As one of the founding members of the Royal Art Lodge in the 1990s, Dzama contributed to the renaissance of figurative art both in Canada and beyond.
Dzama's pieces are instantly recognizable for their subject and style. His work—figurative scenes rooted in the legacies of surrealism, Dada, Duchamp, 1950s literature, and punk rock—channels a stream of collective consciousness, reflecting who we are and where we’re headed. He is an old soul navigating the currents of modernity with ease.
He often takes banal scenes or characters and injects them with menacing, eerie, or twisted details that can border on the absurd, yet with a touch of fun.
This elaborate and macabre drawing is notable for it's fantastical complexity. We are first drawn in by three figures, perhaps European schoolgirls, in orange coats, staring directly out and holding hands--or so we thought. On closer inspection, they actually don't all have hands, and are conjoined by their jacket sleeves. One is wearing an ominous green hood, with concerned eyes peering out.
The triplets stand on a mound of deliriously gleeful cloud-like faces. Above them snakes fall from the sky along with flying creatures and critters with bat wings and varying head-and-limb combinations. The overall composition is part Madeline part Hieronymous Bosch.
This is Marcel Dzama at his best.
Dzama's work can be found in a host of prestigious public and private collections including Paris' Centre Georges Pompidou, The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the MoMA, Le Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal. He is particularly favored by celebrity collectors including Brad Pitt, Jim Carrey, and Steve Martin.
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Untitled ("Wicked Triplets")
Canada, c. 2004
Ink and mixed media on paper
Signed by artist, bottom right
14"H 11"W (sheet)
18.25"H 15.25"W (framed)
Very good condition
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